Holiday camp for children in Adoor

Holiday camp of three days was organized for the children of Adoor village. During these three days, various activities were conducted for the children. Personality development classes were held to help the children build their personality. Drawing, singing, games and other competitions were conducted to enable children to present their talents. Around hundred and fifty children had days of fun and relaxation. On the last day of the program, a cultural program was put up by the children. More than five hundred people of the village gathered in the school ground to witness the performance of their children and to encourage them.

 

Formation of Parents Federation

The parents of children with disabilities had a day’s orientation on advocacy and right based movement.  Mr.Vijay Kumar, a social activist gave a session on movement, its importance and the ways and means of claiming government benefits. 33 parents participated and decided to form a federation of their own to demand the rights of their children.

Parents Training under Inclusive Education Programme

A day’s training was held for the parents of hearing impaired, locomotor and CP children under inclusive education programme. Around 60 parents participated in the training and got enlightened on the scholarship facilities and 5% reservation available at Gram Panchayaths for the people with disabilities. Parents were motivated to make use of these benefits for the well being of their children.

Distribution of Assistive devices to the children with development delay

Roshni distributed assistive devices to 22 children with developmental delay. The programme was inaugurated by Mr.Marigowda Patil, the president of Taluk Farmers association by distributing Niramaya card to the children. Niramaya cards were distributed to 20 children. In the programme, Ms.Sumangala, PDO of Hullathi, Mr.Manjunath Shigihalli, Panchayath member of Balambeeda and Mr.Sannaveerappa and Mahabaleshwar panchayath members of Naregal were present.

Book Keeping Training for SHG representatives

The representatives of self help groups for women had training on Book keeping. In the training women were taught to write cash book, ledger and the minutes of their SHG meeting. The training was given by Mr.Madhu from Sanghamitra Rural Finances and Sr.Synthia, co-ordinator of Roshni De-addiction programme.

 

Free Eye check up camp

Free eye check up was organised in Roshni with the support of Rotary hospital Sirsi. 230 outpatients with various eye problems participated in the camp and had their eye check up done. Among them 90 people were selected for the free cataract surgery. They were taken to Rotary hospital Sirsi in two batches and got their surgery done.

Visit of Lok Manch National Coordinator

Lok Manch National Coordinator Fr.Sannybai, programme coordinator Sr.Ruby, State coordinator Fr.Francis Balraj, National core committee member Sr.Anitha, Campaign facilitator Ms.Teena and Fr.Jerald, unit coordinator visited Roshni to monitor the Lok Manch activities. They visited Devarahospete village and Interacted with the people regarding the implementation of Lok Manch in their village. Thereafter Lok Manch leaders of all the pockets were asked to present their works and plans for the sustainability of Lok Manch.

Staff Capacity building

Staff capacity building training on social analysis was organized for the staff in Roshni. Rev.Fr.Santhosh Dias, Director of Mother Theresa Charitable Trust, Gulbarga was the resource person for the training. He gave the inputs on what is social analysis, difference between information and analysis; how to analyze a problem and the values to be inculcated by a social worker in the process of social analysis were made clear to the staff. Two days training was a useful to the staff to analyze the various problems they come across in their respective area of work.

Training of Lok Manch Leaders

Lok Manch leaders were given training on the schemes available for farmers and the people with disabilities. Mr.Sangamesh from Agriculture department briefed the farmers on various government schemes available for farmers and Mr.Shivkumar from Roshni explained about the various facilities available for the people with disabilities. Mr.Chanbasappa, a farmer from Hirekerur shared his success story of water preservation and the techniques he used in farming. Lok Manch leaders were happy about the learning they had through the resource persons.

Cricket Tournament on the occasion of World deaf day

Roshni had organized two days cricket Tournament in Taluk ground on the occasion of world deaf day. Cricket Tournament was inaugurated by Taluk Panchayath president Mr.Siddappa Hirgappanavar. Twelve cricket teams participated in the tournament. The players were asked to express their opinion regarding hearing impairment, situation of the hearing impaired in the society and the role of Government and community in their empowerment. The cricket teams became aware of the needs of the deaf and were enlightened to support their cause. Amul Stars team was the winner, Zoya Z team were the runner up and Darga team got the third place.